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see we got spore for Christmas and it installed just fine but then when we clicked on the shortcut nothing happened. This is what happened at first but then later we tried and an error popped up say "we are sorry spore has encountered a problem" or something alon those lines. We have tried ALOT of things and did some research but nothing worked here is a list

reinstalledreinstalled in safe moderan as administraterremoved cc (creature creator)most everything said on the internetchecked for minimal requirements (which we exceeded greately considering we got a recent computer update)and gone to SporeApp.exe and tried opening from there

we have a desktop windows xp with plenty of extra space and all requirements as mentioned earlier if you want anymore information i will tell you to the best of my knowledge PLZZ HELP

EDIT: Another possible fix:Go to: C:\Users\"Your Name"\AppData\Roaming\SPORE\GamesDelete the "Game0" and "Game0.old" folders(make sure to back them up)Launch Spore.

Again, I found this on the official Spore forums.

Note: This fix was from Vista. I'm not sure what the files would be in XP.

One more fix:1) UNINSTALL SPORE (If you want to keep all your stuff save the My Spore Creations in the My Documents folder, and go to "C:/Documents and Settings/[YOURUSERNAME]/Application Data/SPORE/games" and make a copy of the folder somewhere safe)

also we just got a breakthrough, its must be something wrong with the download manager because we tried looking at all the programs running and when we started it it showed that it got to about 49500 kb and then it died. we did something (i don't remember what) and then it got to 51000 then it got to 55000 then we tried installing the new EADM and it wouldn't install i mean we got it to do something and then when we downloaded it it just didnt download anything. well we uninstalled eadm alltogether and then it only got to 53000 kb

well after about 2 minutes after i have double clicked and then an error message comes up "spore has encountered a problem" so basically very generic and not telling me whats actually wrong. but then with the spore app program thing in run it gets to about the same place, then we did something (or well my dad did something) and it got to about 51000 KB (or MB whichever is smaller) and then it just drops the program Huh so then we uninstalled the EADM and wallah it gets to about 53000 so we thought maybe its the download manager (because nothing ever came up on it in the first place) and tried installing the new one, it wouldn't even download anything at all!!!!!! i should tell you also when you open EADM something comes up saying like "could not write license data" and then all of a sudden like late yesterday it starts doing this weird thing that is an error message saying "could not write license data" but it wasn't in the EADM

this is just the one im using for my email to the weird people at ea (who are the worst support team imaginable) i just copied it but basically this is what recently happened

CPUMinimum: 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent [If built-in graphics chipsets then 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent.]You Have: undefined FYI: Could not determine your exact CPU, so look at all the other requirements listed to see if you can run the product. CPU SpeedMinimum: 2 GHzYou Have: undefined Could not determine your exact CPU Speed, so look at all the other requirements listed to see if you can run the product. System RAMMinimum: 512 MB RAM (768 MB for Vista or built-in graphics)You Have: undefined Could not determine how much RAM your computer has. You may or may not pass this requirement, so please try and evaluate through another method. Operating SystemMinimum: Windows XP/VistaYou Have: undefined Could not determine your exact Operating System, so look at all the other requirements listed to see if you can run the product. Video CardMinimum: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 [GeForce 6200 for Vista]+ / ATI Radeon 9500+ / Intel 950+)You Have: undefined Could not determine the video card requirement for your computer. Please review the Video Card details below or use another method for your evaluation. Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)Your driver version number is: undefined FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. Sound CardMinimum: YesYou Have: undefined Could not determine your sound card, but you can still run the game if all other requirements are met. Sound Card Driver VersionYour driver version number is: undefined FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. Free Disk SpaceMinimum: 6 GBYou Have: undefined Could not determine how much Free Disk Space your computer has. Please try to use a different method to see if you meet this requiremen